Geography class: Warmer, wetter, hotter, drier — February caps unending stretch of record temperatures
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IB DP Geography — Global climate — vulnerability and resilience — Causes and consequences of global climate change
Click to read the article below and then answer the questions:
Warmer, wetter, hotter, drier — February caps unending stretch of record temperatures
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, how many degrees Celsius was February 2024 above the pre-industrial average
Outline the evidence in the article that supports the situation being more complex than just ‘global warming’ and that we should always be calling it ‘climate change’
Explain how El Niño (and La Niña) are linked to the situation
“People who think we can keep warming to 1.5C and continue to open new gas and oilfields might as well claim the earth is flat and believe in Bigfoot”. To what extent do you agree with this statement
Richard Allaway, International School of Geneva/geographyalltheway.com
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